Oracle Demantra Demand Management enables you to sense, plan for, and proactively respond to

demand by sharing a one-number plan that aligns your organization across departments and users.
Demand Management allows you to model new products based on the lifecycle of existing products, or
you can model new products or versions that supersede existing products.
Oracle Demantra Demand Management is the main pillar of the Demantra line which also includes
Real-Time Sales & Operations Planning, Predictive Trade Planning, and Deductions and Settlement
Management.
Oracle Demantra Demand Management integrates with both the Oracle Enterprise Business Suite
(EBS) and the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to retrieve the most up-to-date customer, item and sales
information, returning a forecast.
The Demantra Fundamentals UPK is a prerequisite to this UPK.
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:
Use worksheets and the simulation engine to forecast.
Analyze forecast accuracy and set exception filtering.

Use configure-to-order worksheets to plan for product options based on the bill of materials.
Introduce new products based on existing products.
Use Member Management to define members and combinations.
Forecast for new product combinations using chaining and shaping.
FORECASTING
1.
The Demantra Analytical Engine is an advanced statistical engine capable of
multidimensional forecasting with mixed modeling techniques.
Within a Demantra Spectrum solution, the Analytical Engine runs in the background when scheduled
by the administrator, reading data from the database and generating forecast data. The forecaster
uses a worksheet to view the forecast and make adjustments, saving those changes to the database.
The updated forecast is available to all users with the appropriate authorization.
In particular, in the batch mode, the Analytical Engine:
Runs when scheduled by the administrator in the background or when system is offline.
Refreshes the entire forecast set.

Traverses the large forecast tree.

Calculates large number of combinations.
Writes data series to the database.
Performs post-run scan of data.
Start the Analytical Engine to run to run forecasts in bath mode. The Analytical Engine is a separate
application in the Demantra suite. It is started from either the Desktop or the Start menu.
Upon completion of this topic, you will be able to run the analytic engine and review forecast details.

2.
With Demantra Demand Management, you can change a forecast and then simulate the
effects of the change.
A forecast is driven by time series analysis. Historical information is divided into two parts:
Historical demand.
Causal factors used to explain historical demand.
Notes can be attached to the combinations you change for tracking purposes. The worksheet table
displays note symbols on those dates. Notes appear in two different areas: Notes dialog or the
Notes/Attachments sub tab.
In this topic, you will make some changes to the Demo Worksheet forecast and use notes to document
the changes.
3.
You can perform "what if" simulation of the effects of changes on a forecast. After the
simulation has been run, you can either accept or reject the simulation results.
The simulation mode is similar to a batch run in terms of steps. The differences between simulation
mode and the batch run are:
Runs only on a designated subset of combinations.
Runs on a much smaller section of the Forecast Tree.

Faster than batch run.

Used for what-if analysis.
Useful for quickly evaluating changes in history, causal factors or promotions.
Simulation mode is launched by users on an as-needed basis.
Results can be accepted or rejected.
4.
After a simulation has been run, you can either accept or reject the simulation results until you
are satisfied with your forecast. Worksheets can be formally approved and locked by management
once agreement has been reached. Demantra workflows can notify the administrator when a forecast
has been approved and is ready for upload to the ERP system.
5.
Worksheets and attachments can be sent to your colleagues for further review and feedback
directly from an open worksheet. Alternatively, you can send and receive tasks from your colleagues in
the Collaborator Workbench in the My Tasks content pane. (ie, send the Demo Worksheet forecast
to your manager for approval).

Oracle Demantra Business Application Utility-

Features and enhancements included in Oracle Demantra Advanced Planning

Release 7.2.0.2

Oracle Demand Management engine enhancements included in 7.3

When and how to use split by series

Topics will include:

Installation
Business Modeler

Demand Settlement Management

Engine

Integration Interface

Log Files

Translating

Worksheet

Workflow

General Debugging

It is commonplace to see millions of rows being processed by Demantra. Proper database tuning
is essential. Proper memory management at the server, middle tier and desktop has become very
important. Many of these points come from interaction directly with Demantra development or
from implementation teams worldwide.
To the seasoned veteran of Oracle database and hardware performance, the Oracle maintenance
will be routine. Most of the Demantra specific performance ideas should prove interesting to all.
Jeff Goulette was in consulting field for many years as a systems integrator, before moving into
support. He always appreciated a concise list of practical ideas to test/implement. Furthermore,
all ideas are worth considering and possibly worth testing.
This one-hour session is recommended for Beginners as well as seasoned Application DBAs who
need to quickly address Demantra performance issues beginning at installation to operation.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:

Best Practice Basics

Source and Demantra RDBMS Server(s)

Application Server

Demantra Parameter Settings

Demantra Worksheet

Demantra RDBMS Schema

The Desk Top

General

Performance Questionnaire

Worksheet Design - Examples

Worksheet Design Considerations

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Use of Open-With and Smart Filters

Custom Worksheet Indexes/Index Advisor

Worksheet Caching

Demantra Diagnostic Tools

KEY users will gain knowledge about the key diagnostic tools that can be utilized
when dealing with various Demantra errors and problems